After learning more about the Casserly Abyss from the Eternal Punishment Dragon, as well as the highly valuable sand essence stones and black swamp stones that could significantly enhance his abilities, Saga began to entertain the idea of collecting these two types of minerals on a large scale.
However, at the moment, achieving this goal seemed somewhat challenging.
After careful consideration, Saga looked towards the Eternal Punishment Dragon and said in a deep voice, “Besides the Fortress of Final Wish, there should be other smaller gathering points of abyssal prisoners in this sphere, ones without demigods overseeing them, right?”
Currently, there were no beings above the demigod level in this sphere.
But Saga couldn’t guarantee that his sixth-tier Legendary self had the power to confront a demigod head-on.
In this situation, Saga needed to first collect some souls to restore the Dragon Soul in the sanctuary. The Dragon Soul’s energy would be a crucial trump card for Saga to defeat stronger opponents and confront demigods with his Legendary body.
Although the Dragon Soul in the sanctuary was almost exhausted in the battle against the Titan God of Wrath, leaving less than one-tenth of its energy, Saga was no longer the same as before. If he encountered a demigod opponent now, it wouldn’t be as overwhelmingly powerful as the Titan God of Wrath.
The Dragon Soul energy didn’t need to be much.
As long as it could elevate him from the sixth to the seventh tier of the Legendary level, it would be enough.
Having witnessed battles between demigods and even entered the demigod realm himself, Saga estimated that once he reached high-ranking Legendary, he would be able to contend with an average demigod, perhaps even surpassing them slightly.
When he first stepped into the Legendary realm, he could already kill high-ranking Legendaries and injure demigods.
If he became a high-ranking Legendary, it would be entirely reasonable for him to confront a demigod head-on, as surpassing levels in battle was something Saga had long been accustomed to.
The Eternal Punishment Dragon nodded and said, “Yes, there are.”
“There are many gathering points of abyssal prisoners of various sizes scattered throughout.”
The prisoners exiled to the Casserly Abyss were mostly formidable figures in their original worlds, unwilling to live under the rule of other prisoners. Therefore, they often chose to stay away from powerful demigod prisoners and form small to medium-sized gathering points.
“Lead the way and take me there.”
“As long as there are no demigod prisoners, they are all my targets.”
Saga’s gaze was sharp as he spoke slowly.
In a place like the Casserly Abyss, there was no room for mercy or kindness. The abyssal prisoners who survived here were all ruthless villains with countless lives on their hands, including Saga himself.
Unlike in the prime material world, where he had to restrain his sharpness to avoid being targeted by forces of justice, here, ruthlessness was the main theme.
Killing to collect souls and strengthen his trump cards was common, and senseless slaughter was just as frequent.
Sensing the palpable killing intent emanating from the Golden Dragon, the Eternal Punishment Dragon, though unclear of Saga’s exact purpose, could roughly guess that he was heading to the abyssal prisoners’ locations for a massacre.
As the warden of the Casserly Abyss, it was more than happy to see the abyssal prisoners being killed.
“Please follow me.”
The Eternal Punishment Dragon’s spirit was slightly shaken, then it flapped its dragon wings and sped off in a direction, leading Saga to the nearest gathering point of abyssal prisoners.
Meanwhile, over five hundred kilometers away, on the surface, surrounded by foul-smelling swamps, there was a small dry land. Thousands of abyssal prisoners of varying strengths had built a small city here, managed by three high-ranking Legendary prisoners.
Inside the city, the three high-ranking Legendaries were negotiating with a newly arrived Furious Titan.
The Furious Titan conjured a golden dragon’s shadow with its magic power and said in a deep voice:
“Whoever has information about this dragon, go to the Sooty Mountains and inform us. Based on the information provided, you will receive a gift from the Titans.”
After a pause, it continued with a blatant threat:
“If we find out that anyone is helping this dragon hide information, the Furious Titans will raze everything here to the ground.”
For over three years, the Furious Titans had been searching for Saga’s whereabouts. However, because Saga had been in dragon slumber deep within the quicksand, they had found nothing.
But they never gave up the search.
Since the Titan God said the god-slayer was exiled here, the target must be hiding somewhere in this sphere. They would not rest until they found and killed him.
Listening to the Furious Titan’s unceremonious threats, the other prisoners felt displeased but dared not act out.
The Titan God of Wrath had fallen, but the Furious Titans were still a formidable force.
The Legendary prisoners in the gathering point didn’t want to anger the Titans, so they said, “If we get any information about this Golden Dragon, we will inform you immediately.”
“It better be that way.”
After speaking, the Furious Titan began to leave the gathering point.
At that moment, including the Furious Titan, several high-ranking Legendaries suddenly felt a pang of fear.
Looking up, they saw an Eternal Punishment Dragon and a majestic Golden Dragon with diamond-like scales, exuding a powerful sense of oppression, flying over.
Seeing the unforgettable golden dragon’s shadow etched in their minds, the Furious Titan’s eyes turned blood-red.
“God-slayer! Finally found you.”
At the same time, as the Furious Titan roared in anger, an unexpected wave of highly penetrative and destructive radiation energy swept through the entire prisoner city.
It was like the wing of death sweeping across the sky.
All abyssal prisoners below the Legendary level lost their lives instantly, not even realizing what had happened. Even those at the initial Legendary level felt intense pain, their life force rapidly draining, leading to inevitable death.
Thousands of abyssal prisoners were quickly reduced to just a few dozen.
The city fell into a deathly silence, corpses of prisoners scattered everywhere.
Saga’s use of neutron annihilation now allowed him to directly kill initial Legendary beings on a large scale.
Hovering in the sky, the Golden Dragon looked down with indifferent eyes. The prisoners felt a deep-seated fear, as if they were prey facing the ultimate predator.
Only the Furious Titan, blinded by rage, let out a deafening roar.
“God-slayer, you finally showed yourself!”
“You killed our god, our king, and destroyed our chance to leave the Casserly Abyss. You will pay with your blood!”
Boom!
The Furious Titan, engulfed in burning blood flames, shattered the ground beneath it and leaped towards the Golden Dragon from below.
Its extreme anger made its face contorted, veins bulging, muscles like coiled dragons, exuding a fierce aura.
“Die!”
The Furious Titan roared, the blood flames in its hand forming a spear aimed at Saga’s faceplate.
Facing the full-force rage attack of the Furious Titan, Saga’s gaze remained calm and unperturbed. He extended a dragon claw surrounded by black light and pressed down.
Crack, crack, crack!
Under the Furious Titan’s incredulous gaze, the blood spear, which should have been indestructible, shattered inch by inch.
The black and gold dragon claw crushed the blood spear and grabbed the Furious Titan’s neck.
“Even the god you served died by my hand, and you think you can make me pay?”
“How foolish. Go meet your god!”
Ignoring the Furious Titan’s roars and struggles, Saga extended another dragon claw, enveloping its entire head, and then exerted force.
Splurt!
Blood sprayed like a fountain, staining the surrounding space red.
With one claw, Saga tore out the Furious Titan’s head along with its spine, violently killing it.
The oppressive and monotonous environment of the Casserly Abyss, filled with constant danger, had made Saga more irritable than when he was in the material world.
Half of his dragon face was stained with the Furious Titan’s blood.
The fierce-looking Golden Dragon looked down, its oppressive gaze sweeping over the surviving abyssal prisoners.
Even the high-ranking prisoners didn’t dare to meet its eyes, averting their gaze.
“Mighty dragon, we are not with the Furious Titans, and we have no intention of being your enemy.”
Although almost all the prisoners in the gathering point were killed, the remaining ones didn’t want to clash with Saga. The other prisoners were dead, but staying alive was the most important thing. The Casserly Abyss was never short of prisoners being exiled here every moment.
High in the sky, the Golden Dragon remained silent, its body gradually covered in a layer of dark light, exuding an extreme sense of heaviness and oppression. Its dangerous gaze swept over the prisoners below.
The abyssal prisoners didn’t want to be enemies with Saga.
But Saga’s purpose for coming here was clear—slaughter.
He came with the intent to kill, ignoring the prisoners’ words of submission. After activating his Superheavy Battle Form, he flapped his dragon wings, creating a destructive whirlwind as he dove down towards the prisoners.
“Damn it, fight to the death!”
“We’re all Legendaries, how strong can he be? Killing the Titan God must have been a fluke.”
Seeing that Saga wasn’t going to spare them, the desperate prisoners mustered the courage for a final stand.
A high-ranking steel demon from the Abyssal Abyss, its body made entirely of abyssal metal, let out a powerful roar. Its steel arm transformed into a battle blade, slashing towards the black and gold dragon.
Crack!
A broken blade flew out, piercing the head of a mid-tier prisoner.
After snapping the steel demon’s arm blade, the black and gold dragon’s hooked claw struck its chest. With a blinding flash of electromagnetic light, the once indestructible body froze, then shattered into pieces.
More mid-tier Legendaries surrounded him.
But the dragon merely raised its head slightly, and countless lightning bolts burst from its prominent dragon horns, turning the surrounding area into a thunder prison. The mid-tier prisoners were vaporized in an instant, their defenses crumbling with no resistance.
Not just the Annihilation Dragon Breath, Saga now had many attack methods imbued with electromagnetic force that could break through defenses. Though weaker than the Annihilation Dragon Breath, they were still formidable against ordinary opponents.
Whoosh!
A powerful fire giant from the fire element plane extended its arms, spinning and growing into a massive flame storm, engulfing the black and gold dragon.
The fire giant’s face appeared intermittently within the storm.
“The flames will turn you to ash.”
The voice abruptly stopped, and the fire giant’s face within the storm turned terrified.
“No, don’t.”
Crack, crack, crack. Accompanied by the abyssal dragon might, a cold chill erupted from within, freezing the flame storm into an ice sculpture.
Boom!
The storm ice sculpture shattered.
Amidst the falling ice shards, the black and gold dragon leaped out, spreading its massive wings and swooping towards the last high-ranking prisoner.
Due to the black and gold dragon’s overwhelming slaughter, the bird demon prisoner no longer dared to fight and fled for its life. But the surrounding space felt like a quagmire, its movements sluggish under the heavy gravity.
Feeling the approaching malice from behind, the bird demon prisoner turned its head in horror, its vision filled with the dragon’s claw.
Boom!
Blood mist sprayed, feathers scattered.
The bird demon prisoner died swiftly, its life snuffed out.
Using Power Essence to expel the blood from his body, the black light gradually faded.
With a flap of his wings, the majestic Golden Dragon ascended into the sky, overlooking the land and listening to the deathly silence.
In just a few minutes, the once bustling prisoner gathering point had become a dead city.
In the past, when Saga faced high-ranking prisoners, he could win but often after a fierce battle. Now, high-ranking prisoners were incredibly fragile before him, shattering with a touch.
“Now, even if I can’t defeat a demigod, I should be able to escape. And if I temporarily ascend to high-ranking Legendary with Dragon Soul energy, it would be the demigod who should flee.”
Saga clenched and then slowly released his dragon claw, feeling the Power Essence flowing within him.
Once, when Saga was at a higher level, he had to exhaust all his means to fight Duke Tsunami, a Legendary.
But now, surpassing levels in battle had become easy for him.
“My growth curve isn’t smooth.”
“My combat power increases exponentially, the gap between me and a demigod is much larger than the gap between high-ranking and Legendary. Even the difference between the sixth and seventh tiers is greater than that between high-ranking and Legendary.”
Saga felt that his combat power increased exponentially with each rise in his life level.
Each time his life level increased, his understanding and control of the basic forces deepened, causing his combat power to soar.
“Your Majesty, your strength is awe-inspiring.”
The battle ended so quickly that the Eternal Punishment Dragon, immersed in Saga’s powerful display, realized that Saga had already wiped out all the abyssal prisoners in the gathering point. Feeling its presence was too low, it quickly followed and praised him.
“Even in the Casserly Abyss, filled with monstrous prisoners, I’ve never seen anyone as illustrious as you.”
“.”
Amid the Eternal Punishment Dragon’s flattery, Saga took out the Heart of Stone and forcibly absorbed the souls of the abyssal prisoners into the Dragon Soul Sanctuary.
Saga now needed more combat power to achieve his goals.
He didn’t leave any of the souls, crushing them all to charge the Dragon Soul.
Due to the inefficiency of absorbing souls from different races, these weren’t enough. Saga needed more souls to fully restore the Dragon Soul, especially the most powerful demigod Silver Dragon Soul within.
After collecting the souls and all the sand essence stones and black swamp stones from the area, Saga looked at the Eternal Punishment Dragon:
“Let’s go to the next place.”
With a flap of his wings, the killing journey continued.
As time passed, Saga visited one abyssal prisoner gathering point after another, collecting souls through relentless slaughter. After destroying the third gathering point, the Dragon Soul in the sanctuary was nearly restored.
“One more gathering point’s worth of souls should be enough, with some to spare.”
Saga thought silently.
At this moment, the Eternal Punishment Dragon lowered its head and said to Saga:
“The nearest prisoner gathering point is quite famous and not easy to deal with.”
“Its ruler is known as the strongest among Legendaries, even able to retreat unscathed after fighting a demigod.”
“Oh? What kind of creature is it?”
Saga asked with interest.
“An elf.”
“It’s said that it was once the Elf King of a world. Due to its eccentric personality and formidable strength, it was unmatched in the material world. It then arrogantly challenged the Elf God, claiming that even the Elf God would lose to it at the same level.”
“The Elf God accepted its challenge, descended in an avatar, defeated it in the material world, and then exiled it to the Casserly Abyss as punishment for challenging divine authority.”
“Whether this story is true or not, this Elf King is indeed very powerful.”
Challenging the Elf God. Even though it lost, having such courage spoke volumes.
“Lead the way.”
“Let me meet this Elf King who dared to challenge a god.”